[1]
قَابَ الأَرْضَ , aor. يَقُوبُهَا, (S, O,) inf. n. قَوْبٌ;
(K;) and ↓ قوّبها, (S, O,) inf. n. تَقْوِيبٌ; (S, O,
K;) He dug, or made a hollow in, the ground:
(K:) or he dug a round hollow in the ground;
(S, O, TA;) thus both phrases are expl. by ISd.
(TA.) ―
2-b2- And قاب بَيْضَهُ, (S, O,) inf. n. as above,
(K,) It (a bird) broke asunder its eggs. (S, O, K.) ＝
1-A2- قاب is also intrans., signifying تقوّب ↓ جِلْدُهُ
[app. His skin became pitted, or marked with
small hollows: see an explanation of 2, of which
تقوّب is quasi-pass.]. (O.) ―
2-b2- قابت البَيْضَةُ:
see 7. ＝
1-A3- Also (قاب) He was, or became, near;
drew near; or approached: and He fled: (O, K,
TA:) inf. n. قَوْبٌ: (TA:) thus it has two contr.
significations. (K, TA.)